چکیده:
Official historiography, as a governmental narrative of history, is one of the oldest and most common forms of historiography that has continued from the earliest periods to our time. The main issue of this article is the nature of official historiography and the presentation of a series of methodological observations regarding the characteristics and validity of this type of historiography. To this end, we have attempted to critically examine the method and style of official historiographies, their domain and subject, their actors and audiences, as well as the characteristics of official historiographies along with their goals and orientations, and also their relationship with power. Finally, by stating some shortcomings of this type of historiography, this article concludes that official historiographies cannot reflect realities due to their specific orientations; for this reason, they must be studied in comparison with competing sources to obtain a better understanding of the past.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Other works, such as "Historiography of Iran" by Yaqub Azhand and "Historians" written by Jafar Hamidi, are more focused on examining and identifying the primary sources of Iranian historiography in different historical periods; even more specialized works, such as "Safavid Historiographical Thought" written by Mohammad Baqer Aram or "Iqbal and Historiography" by Hassan Shayegan, have not spoken about the characteristics and nature of official historiography and its imperatives.
As we have said, the vast majority of historical texts remaining throughout the history of Iran up to the Constitutional period are in the category of official historiographies, and if a few exceptional examples are found, they are either the result of the historian's genius or due to his good fortune that a more favorable atmosphere prevailed, allowing him, with changing political conditions, the opportunity to revise the text and bring it closer to "reality," or perhaps the historian wrote the original text in secret.
Tarikh Negari and Historiography Scientific-Research Semiannual of Alzahra University / 97 Sixth, despite the diversity and abundance of historical texts, historiography never found a worthy status or position in Islamic civilization, neither during the translation movement era nor after it, and it never became a decisive factor in the intellectual life of Muslims and never created an intellectual movement (Rosenthal, 1987: 1/ 219 and 220).
For this reason, I claim that our understanding and recognition of the contemporary period is far more valid and accurate than in previous times; because we are able to view this era not only through the lens of official historiographies, but also from the perspective of competing histories and texts.
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